Sinan-gun Signs Seasonal Worker Introduction Agreement with San Mateo City, Philippines

Assigned 120 Workers to the Fisheries Sector

Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) signed a 'Business Agreement for the Introduction of Foreign Seasonal Workers' with San Mateo City in the Philippines to address the shortage of seasonal labor in rural fishing villages.

According to the county on the 6th, on the 4th, Lee Jung-soo, Director of Planning and Public Relations, and other officials visited San Mateo City Hall in Rizal Province, Philippines, and signed a business agreement for the introduction of seasonal workers in the presence of Mayor Bartolomeo Rivera.

An agreement on the introduction of foreign seasonal workers was signed with San Mateo City, Philippines.
[Photo by Sinan-gun]

In the agreement, San Mateo City agreed to select excellent personnel, provide them with designated training, and assign them to fishing households, while the county agreed to strive to improve the working environment for the workers.

Shinan-gun has been allocated 120 workers in the fisheries sector under the Ministry of Justice's 'Foreign Seasonal Worker Program,' and according to the agreement, workers will be introduced from San Mateo City starting in the second half of this year and deployed to 51 fishing sites.

Shinan-gun expects that this agreement will not only alleviate the labor shortage in fishing households and the fisheries industry but also have a significant ripple effect on the local economy.

Governor Park Woo-ryang stated, "During the implementation of follow-up measures after the agreement, we will establish measures to protect workers' human rights and prevent illegal stay and desertion, and we plan to systematically promote seasonal worker operations to ensure the successful settlement of this seasonal worker program."

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